Google Earth: Explore the World

Agenda July 21, 2010

Introductions

Objectives:

• Manipulate Google Earth software

• Explore and create virtual tours

• Review resources for using Google Earth in the Classroom

Activity 1: Getting to Know Google Earth

10-10:10 Break

Activity 2: Exploring the Layers: Group Work

11:30-12:30 Lunch

Activity 3: Adding Content to Google Earth

2-2:10 Break

Activity 4: Creating Tours in Google Earth

Activity 5: Classroom Applications

Activity 6: Closure http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/naescgoogleearth

Download

http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Resources

Getting Started Guide
Google Earth User Guide
Google Earth Tutorials
Twenty-Three Interesting Ways to Use GE in the Classroom
Google Earth Blog

Google Earth for Educators
Google Earth Pro Free for Educators
Google Earth Education Forum
Planet Earth Tour
GPS and GIS in the Classroom
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission Maps
Google Earth Across the Curriculum

Virtual Tours (kml files or kmz if zipped)

Google Earth Lit Trips
Google Earth Gallery
Google Earth Showcase
Google Earth Gallery Educational
Active Traces of the Hayward Fault
Google Earth Tour of Planet Earth

Adding Video and Audio

Media Matters, Blog for Brad, Old Tricks in New Google Earth(ver. 5)
Jing
Adding Discovery Streaming Video Clips Into Google Earth
Google Earth and Discovery Education United Streaming

Sharing Work Created in Google Earth

ShareIt!
Google Earth Plugin
Sharing Places Information in Google Earth

Fun Stuff

geoGreeting!
Earthalbum
Embed Google Earth Into Your Website
iTouch Map (Longitude and Latitude)
Creating GPS Routes in Google Maps

Lesson Plans/Classroom Examples

Elementary

Google Earth in the Elementary Classroom
Pre-School Ideas
Grades 1-5 Ideas
Tune Up Your Body Run America!
The Places We Will Go
TerraClues

Middle School

Thematic Middle School Units Using Google Earth
Explore Your Earth
Google for Educator
Grades 6-8 Ideas

High School

Expedition Lit Trips
Grades 9-12 Idea

Projects

Outdoor Culture and Technology
Environment I-Reports
Environmental Issues Land Use and Change

Collaborative Project Ideas
North Berwick-Clitheroe

K-12

Lesson Planet Free 10 day account
Google Earth Lessons
Technology Google Earth
Map the Fallen
Google Earth Lessons
Google Lit Trips
Measuring the Earth
Real World Math Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum
Google Earth and Discovery Education Unitedstreaming

Other

Landform Detectives